Rory Grace

13 days late, 24 hours of labor , emergency C-section 4:37am 12/27 Rory Grace arrived :) She is amazing . I am still in the hospital but hope to be going home tomorrow. I will post birth story later. I have not been able to post becasue I was and still am in a lot of pain.


She had some trouble breathing (mucus in the lungs) in the beginning and I did not get to see her for 20 minutes then they had to finish stiching me up. In the recovery room the wonderful nurse (she knew it was important to me to breast feed and really tried ) tried to get her to latch on to my breast but we were both so tired and I could not feel anything . So we got off to a slow start with that . I am breast feeding now and my nipples are so red, dired and cracked. I have lansinoh and am using ice packs but I am dieing here. If anyone has any advice I would love it . Sorry if it is TMI for anyone. Like I said I will write the birth story soon . Maybe with a pint of Guiness tomorrow night :) (FYI Guiness is supposed to be great in bringing in your breast milk so I am doing it for the baby.)

Being induced

They can't let me go any longer and I am being induced 12/26 at 6:30am. The process is 4 steps and can take as long as 48-72 hours. I am scared. This is not how I wanted things to go. I worked hard this whole pregnancy to maximize my chances of having a natural birth. I have tried everything to get things going. I don't think Marc ever thought he would have so much sex with a 9 month pregnant woman. Anyway I am really depressed.

Why she won't come out ..

Why would she now that we might lose the Senate ? Ok I am being a bit dramatic but I am grasping at straws as to what the hold up is. I have done everything to get her out. I am open to any suggestions but trust me I have probably done it. I am now running every other day to try and give my body more rest. They will induce me in the next week if nothing changes :( because I keep getting pretty bad headaches.

Very Depressed Astoria new york

Sorry it has been so long

Nothing to report. Stats for this week :P

Pregnancy: 1 week left
Running Miles: 24
Dilation: 0

Whoever said running throughout your pregnancy shaved a few days off your due date obviously works for the Bush administration.